Professional Learning: Feburary 2025

Professional Learning Opportunities February 2025

Happy new year. And goodbye January. I hope it has been a positive start to 2025 for you. If you are returning to work or have already been back for weeks, you might be interested in some professional learning. So here’s your list of webinars, readings and more for February 2025. 

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Webinars

A new year, a new cohort of readers – Creativity is the key to engagement – Joel McKerrow with ASLA – 5 February 2025, 7:30pm AEDT – free members, $40 non members. 

HarperCollins Children’s Books Spring Librarian Preview – School Library Journal – 5 February 2025, 2pm ET. 

Digital Literacy in an Age of AI – June Wall with EduWebinar – 12 February 2025, 7pm AEST – $45 non members.

Understanding Australia Readers – Australia Reads – 13 February 2025, 1pm – 3pm AEST – free.

Get Laser-Beam Focused for 2025: Free School Library Challenge – Eduwebinar – 18th – 20th February 2025 7pm AEST – free.

Heart and Soul: Redefining the library’s role in middle leadership and academic achievement – Christine Peterson with Eduwebinar – 26 February 2025, 7pm AEST – $45 non-members. 

Practical ways to engage reluctant readers – SLANSW – 25 February 2025. 

 

Podcasts

Your Kid’s Next Read – recent episodes include Amy Doak reads ‘Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret’ and Adam Wallace reads “18,000 Holes in the Universe”

School Librarians United – recent episodes include True Crime Programming, Anti-Censorship and You, and AI Scope and Sequence.

Engaging and Empowering School Libraries – recent episodes include Unlocking the potential of school libraries 

School Librarian Learning Network Podcast – recent episodes include Finding Your Next Read and Removing Barriers to Access.

Future Ready Podcast Leading From The Library – recent episodes include “Can we get a minute?” A conversation around policy to protect school libraries and librarians, and Finding Joy in the Library.  

Events 

Queensland School Library Week – February 10-14th 2025. 

 

Articles and Blog posts

Reading for pleasure: scrutinising the evidence base – benefits, tensions and recommendations – Teresa Cremin and Laura Scholes

School library professionals’ perspectives on current and future workforce challenges – Margaret Merga and Saiyidi Mat Roni. 

Reframing teen reading challenges – moving beyond the ‘I don’t read” mindset – Gabrielle Mace

Students are feeling burned out. Here’s how you can help – Ryan Nagelhout

It pays to take time to read – Margaret Heffernan

Motivating book reading during adolescence: qualitative insights from adolescents – Charlotte Webber et al.

66 days to learn to love reading again: “Ten pages in and my brain is twitching with fatigue” – Doosie Morris

Gaining Ground? Diversity in Publishing – Kara Newhouse. 

Resources

Designing school libraries of the future Toolkit 2024 – Loh, Wong and Wong.

Future Ready Librarians Framework

Book Lists

The American Library Association has announced it’s 2025 Youth Media Award winners, including the John Newbery and Caldecott awards. 

Awards

Australian School Library Association Early Career Teacher Librarian, School Library Advocate Award, School Library Professional of the Year. Applications close 14 March 2025. 

Want more professional learning?

Have a look through last month’s professional learning list.

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